Air Defence Systems of Indian Air Force

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The role of Indian Air Force is to secure the Indian airspace and provide air defence against hostile aircrafts and missiles. It is also working to provide Ballistic Missile Defence.

Here, I have listed down most of the systems used by IAF to provide the air defence.

System	Range (KM)	Role	Quantity
AA Guns	02 to 04	Protection of air bases by acting as the last line of defence.	244*
VSHORADS	06 to 08	Man-portable system against helicopters, UAV, and slow-moving aircrafts.	640*
Akash SRSAM	25 to 40	Protection of air bases. Acting as the second line of defence.	08 + 07* squadrons
Spyder QRSAM	20 to 50	Quick reaction system for protection of vulnerable points.	01 squadron
MRSAM	70 to 100	Protection of vulnerable areas and key military installations by providing area air defence.	18 squadrons*
Akash NG	35 to 70	Low Level Quick Reaction system for protection of air bases and vulnerable points. It will supplement the Spyder.	07 to 10 squadrons*
Pechora	15 to 20	SRSAM for protection of airbases and key military installations. It will be replaced by MRSAM + Akash NG.	25 squadrons
S-400	250 to 400	Long range area air defence and air space denial.	5 squadrons*
AAD	25 to 40	Part of the BMD Network Phase -1. Endo-atmospheric missile against the 1500km range targets.
PDV	130 to 160	Part of the BMD Network Phase-1. Exo-atmospheric missile against the 3000km range targets.
PDV MK-2	1000 to 1200	ASAT missile. It can neutralize targets in the space orbit.
AD-1*	30 to 60*	Part of BMD Network Phase-2. Endo-atmospheric missile against the 1500 km range targets.
AD-2*	140 to 200*	Part of BMD Network Phase-2. Exo-atmospheric missile against the 3000 km range targets.
ERSAM*	130 to 150*	Part of ERADS system. Long range area air defence and air space denial.	ERADS – 7 squadrons*
XRSAM*	250 to 300*	Part of ERADS system. Long range area air defence and air space denial.	ERADS – 7 squadrons*

Aside from the systems mentioned above some other systems are also available but I am not sure if they are still in service or not and what is their exact quantity. They are:

1. S-200
2. S-300
3. Kub (SA-6 Gainful)
4. 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko)
5. Bofors L70
6. 9K338 Igla-S

Some systems which might find their way in IAF:

1. Truck based VL-SRSAM
2. DEW